President Quotes by Gore Vidal

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions.

— Gore Vidal

That peculiarly American religion, President-worship.

— Gore Vidal

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

— Gore Vidal

Nixon was a Southern Rim President, and so antipathetic to the old guard.

— Gore Vidal

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all…

— Gore Vidal

Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or…

— Gore Vidal

When you are brought up in a zoo, you know what's going on in the monkey house. You see a couple of…

— Gore Vidal

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

— Gore Vidal

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.

— Gore Vidal

I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise…

— Gore Vidal

When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a California governor and then…

— Gore Vidal

It doesn't actually make any difference whether the President is Republican or Democrat. The genius of the American ruling class is that…

— Gore Vidal

Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been…

— Gore Vidal

Every four years the naive half who vote are encouraged to believe that if we can elect a really nice man or…

— Gore Vidal

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to…

— Gore Vidal